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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 94

Sydney's Cyclone That Comes on Saturdays

The Sun · Sunday 26 June 1927 · page 20

FACES floating past; pale, drifting masks of flesh; faces that peer into yours, and are gone in a flicker…

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Comet Close 3,500,000 Miles Gale and Pons Winnecke

The Sun · Sunday 26 June 1927 · page 5

Ordinary observers must not expect too much from the Pons Winnecke comet. Discussing comets last night. Mr. W. F. Gale, who recently bagged…

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"Frisco" McGale Replies to "Truth" Boxing. Williams Was Willing White Proved Too Scientific for Long Rally Brought Victory

Truth · Sunday 26 June 1927 · page 5

MERV WILLIAMS made an appearance at the Rushcutter's Bay Stadium last night in a match against Charlie Long after a lengthy illness. His strength, it was thought, would very likely prove insufficient against the tigerish…

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Comets. Mr. Gale's Observations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1927 · page 12

Mr. W. F. Gale, who recently discovered a new comet, supplied the following information yesterday regarding the map of the path of the comet Pons-Winnecke, which was…

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Not All Luck Lindbergh S Atlantic Flight His Own Story Lone-handed Fight with Midnight Storm

The Sun · Monday 27 June 1927 · page 6

In the following article, Captain Lindbergh, the first man to fly across the Atlantic single-handed, tells a graphic story. of his epic feat. "Lucky Lindbergh," he has been called, but the…

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Costly Pound Tale of a Gale

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 28 June 1927 · page 4

THE practice of weighing out with the bridle is dangerous and should not be encouraged. It is often employed when a…

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After the Storm Deluge of Letters Bexley's Bad Roads

Evening News · Wednesday 29 June 1927 · page 10

BEXLEY Council listened to a continuous stream of complaints last night regarding the condition of roads in the municipality. A…

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Alleged Slander Sunshine Club Storm Treasurer v. SECRETARY

The Sun · Wednesday 29 June 1927 · page 11

"The issue in this case is simple. This is an action for simpler by one woman against another--It is not a trial of the Sunshine Club."…

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Great Windsor Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1927 · page 20

Memories of the great flood at Windsor were revived at Pitt Town on Saturday when on the diamond jubilee of the flood, soveral members of the council of the Royal…

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Fighting the Floods. Nuns Labor Day and Night with Lepers. Carlville, La., May 18

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 30 June 1927 · page 14

With the raging Mississippi flood tearing at the levee only a few hundred yards from their home, every able-bodied person among the 340 lepers being…

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Amid Fog and Storm Atlantic Flight Byrd Fighting on "Navigation Impossible" New York

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 1

COMMANDER R. E. BYRD, with his navigato[?], "Bert Acosta, and assistance C. Neville and B. Balch[?], who left New York yesterday morning…

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Rain-maker Beware of Floods! May Overdo It Offer to Producers

The Sun · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 10

Rain -- Tons of it -- If you want water -- sheets of water from the clouds --Mr. A. Cavalchini, of…

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Byrd Used Up Last Drop of Petrol in Angry Sea End of Amazing Flight Buffeted by Gale

The Sun · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 1

Battling in the darkness against a gale until their petrol was exhausted. Commander R. E. Byrd and hi[?] three companions mere forced to end their flight from New York by a hurried descent into an angry sea off the French coast…

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Under Flood Lights Costly Football Practice

The Sun · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 6

Flood lights are in use on the Mobman Oval for football practice, and in order to induce the exercise of care on the part of footballers the cost of…

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Many Killed by Floods Heavy Rains in Norway Oslo

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 1

MANY lives have been lost and millions of Krone's worth of damage occasioned by unprecedented re inlands over Norway…

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Deluge in N.Z. Rivers In Flood; Bridges Swept Away Township Isolated

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 July 1927 · page 2

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday. -- Heavy rain, increased by considerable snow on the mountains and strong south-west winds, resulted in the…

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Loud Hoots Greet the Thorn New Zealander in Disfavor Big Storm at Rosehill

Truth · Sunday 3 July 1927 · page 2

FROM recent happenings, all a horse has to do to earn the disfavor of the crowd is to win the principal event at a suburban course. AT Moorefield on Saturday week last…

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Nearing Sydney Tampa in 10 Day's Gale

The Sun · Monday 4 July 1927 · page 4

Since she passed Panama on June 6, on her way to Sydney, no word had been heard until last night of the America [?]motor ship Tampa…

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12,000 Feet High to Escape Storm Bond's Aeroplane Thrilling Passage

Evening News · Monday 4 July 1927 · page 8

A THRILLING battle against a severe storm on the run to Perth, is described in a special telegram to the 'News" from Mr. Vivian…

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Mississippi Flood Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 July 1927 · page 13

Details of the damage to crops by the flood in the Mississippi River show it was confined chiefly to cotton and corn, but nearly half a million persons had to leave their…

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